| A Jitney Elopement | |
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Theatrical poster to A Jitney Elopement |
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| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Produced by | Jess Robbins |
| Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Starring | Charles Chaplin Lloyd Bacon Ernest Van Pelt Edna Purviance Leo White |
| Music by | Robert Israel (Kino video release) |
| Cinematography | Harry Ensign |
| Editing by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Distributed by | Essanay Studios General Film Company |
| Release date(s) | April 1, 1915 |
| Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English (original intertitles) |
A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for her. Charlie does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi popular in the United States between 1914 and 1916. Most of the film was made in San Francisco and includes scenes of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and the large Windmills still in the park's westside.
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count Chloride de Lime. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner
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